2016 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences - academic
The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.
| # |
Institution |
Share 2015 |
Count 2015 |
| 1 |
University of Turin (UNITO), Italy |
6.00 |
13 |
| 2 |
University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Italy |
5.02 |
16 |
| 3 |
University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy |
4.49 |
12 |
| 4 |
University of Roma Tre, Italy |
4.18 |
9 |
| 5 |
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy |
3.62 |
17 |
| 6 |
University of Padova (UNIPD), Italy |
3.26 |
16 |
| 7 |
University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy |
2.60 |
10 |
| 8 |
University of Milan (UNIMI), Italy |
2.29 |
5 |
| 9 |
University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy |
2.17 |
13 |
| 10 |
Marche Polytechnic University (UNIVPM), Italy |
2.17 |
3 |
| 11 |
University of Basilicata, Italy |
1.80 |
6 |
| 12 |
Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy |
1.76 |
5 |
| 13 |
University of Urbino, Italy |
1.50 |
4 |
| 14 |
University of Parma (UNIPR), Italy |
1.50 |
2 |
| 15 |
University of Genova, Italy |
1.40 |
3 |
| 15 |
University of Verona (UNIVR), Italy |
1.40 |
2 |
| 16 |
University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Italy |
1.35 |
4 |
| 17 |
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy |
1.22 |
5 |
| 18 |
University of Palermo (UNIPA), Italy |
1.11 |
6 |
| 19 |
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy |
1.09 |
5 |
| 20 |
University of Catania, Italy |
1.09 |
6 |
| 21 |
University of Pavia (UNIPV), Italy |
0.99 |
5 |
| 22 |
University of Salerno (UNISA), Italy |
0.83 |
2 |
| 23 |
Ca' Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE), Italy |
0.83 |
4 |
| 24 |
University of Insubria, Italy |
0.80 |
1 |
| 25 |
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy |
0.71 |
2 |
| 26 |
University of Calabria (UNICAL), Italy |
0.67 |
1 |
| 27 |
University of Trento (UNITN), Italy |
0.52 |
2 |
| 28 |
University of Pisa (UNIPI), Italy |
0.48 |
5 |
| 29 |
University of Sassari (UniSS), Italy |
0.43 |
2 |
| 30 |
University of Trieste (UNITS), Italy |
0.42 |
3 |
| 31 |
National Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of Matter (CNISM), Italy |
0.39 |
3 |
| 32 |
University of Siena (UNISI), Italy |
0.35 |
3 |
| 33 |
University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBA), Italy |
0.33 |
2 |
| 34 |
University of Perugia, Italy |
0.26 |
4 |
| 35 |
University of Chieti (Ud'A), Italy |
0.25 |
1 |
| 36 |
University of Tuscia (UNITUS), Italy |
0.25 |
4 |
| 37 |
University of Foggia (UNIFG), Italy |
0.23 |
2 |
| 38 |
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy |
0.17 |
2 |
| 39 |
University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (UNICAS), Italy |
0.15 |
1 |
| 40 |
Bocconi University, Italy |
0.11 |
1 |
| 41 |
Parthenope University of Naples, Italy |
0.08 |
1 |
| 42 |
Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy |
0.07 |
2 |
| 43 |
University of Salento, Italy |
0.04 |
1 |
| 44 |
University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Italy |
0.03 |
1 |
| 45 |
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (UniBz), Italy |
0.01 |
1 |
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